HYDERABAD, July 25 :-
The Jet Airways will start a new Hyderabad-Dubai flight from August 16 according to a press release here on Saturday. This will be the private carrier's fifth daily service to the Gulf city.n
The Jet Airways will deploy Boeing 737-800 aircraft on the lucrative route. At present, the Naresh Goyal-led carrier operates twice daily services to Dubai from Mumbai, and daily from Delhi and Chennai.
Of late Dubai has become more popular as a leading business and leisure destination. There has been a tremendous increase in demand for enhanced air connectivity to the Gulf Emirate from Southern India, according to Jet Chief Executive Wolfgang Prock-Schauer.
"We are confident that the new service from Hyderabad will be well appreciated by travellers and will complement our existing services from India," he further added.
With the introduction of the new service, Jet will operate 17 frequencies to seven destinations in the Gulf, which includes Kuwait, Bahrain, Muscat, Doha, Abu Dhai, Jeddah and Dubai from several Indian cities